Urinal



Dec. 24, 1929. A. HANSEN 1,740,860

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WT E55 Patented Dec. 24, 1929 PATENT GFFICE .ABEL HANSEN, OF METUCHEN,NEW JERSEY URINAL Application led October 6, 1928.

rlhis invention relates to earthenivare urinal stalls and has for itsobject the operation of the flush valve by a foot pedal.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in

Figure 3.

An earthenWare urinal stall 1 has the usual base 2 and top 3. Throughthe back 4 extends a pipe 5 that is connected to the flushing valve 6and discharges into the urinal through a nozzle 7 that directs a flatspraying stream against the back 4. The valve 6 is operated through theusual lever arm 8 by reciprocating rod 9 that through a gimbal joint 10is connected to' a pedal rod 11 that extends through the urinal near thebase and is adapted to be operated by a foot pedal 12. The lever arm 8may tor example have several holes as shown at 8 and S to give thefacility of connecting the rod 9 at different places.

Any other suitable connectino' means that Will give a variety ofpossible connections may be used. The pedal 12 is hinged at 13 to abase-plate 14 provided With a rear extension 15 (see Figure 5) that hasa square or non-circular cross-section and its Within a correspondinghole in the earthenware and torms a guide for the rod 11 and a housingfor a spring 16. The spring 16 serves to cause a retraction of the rod11 and consequently of the valve 6 and the pedal 12 by pressing againsta button or nut 17 on the outer end of the rod 11. A shoulder 18 on thepedal is adapted to bear against this button. The

base-plate 14 is held securely to the earthen- Ware by a pipe 19 thatscrews into the part 15 at its forward end and at the rear is providedWith a clamping nut 2O that can be screwed up on the pipe 19 until itcomes in firm contact with the rear ot the Wall 20. A

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flange 21 around the stall covers the joint between the Wall and stall.

TWith the combination ot' devices as above described, it will be seenthat anyone using t-he urinal may flush the same by using the foot pedalWhich is at once more convenient and more sanitary than the usual handvalve.

It is observable that the pedal and its tulcrum member as Well as thehousing tor the spring, are supported on the'vertical Wall and that thepedal and its button are the only moving parts exposed. These featuresare important for it is very necessary that there should be no chancefor the mechanism to get Wet, or thatJ there should be any pockets Wheremoisture might collect. Proper sanitation dictates that there shall beonly drained surfaces exposed to falling Water and any mechanism on thefloor, or Worse still, pockets in the floor are to be avoided.

The invention is not confined to the specific means illustrated anddescribed, as any equivalent means may be substituted to suit variousconditions.

I claim 1. A urinal comprising in combination a vertical stall havingside Walls and a central recess, a drainage basin forming .a horizontalextension of the stall at the bottom, one of the side Walls having anorilice ext-ending through the same from front to rear at a point abovethe horizontal extension, a housing fitting Wit-hin and closing saidorifice from the front, a pedal pivoted on said housing, a flushing vave in rear of the stall and members extending through the housingconnecting the pedal with the valve.

2. The combination of a urinal stall with flushing valve, a flushingnozzle at the upper part of the stall, a pipe connecting the valve andnozzle, a pedal located in front ot the stall adjacent the lower part,mechanism connecting the pedal through the stall With the flushingvalve, and a base-plate to which the pedal is hinged, the saidbase-plate having a rear extension adapted to occupy a correspondinghole in the earthenware, said rear extension forming a housing for aspring adapted to retract the pedal.

3. A combination according to claim 2 in which the pedal is hinged toJche base-plate, a pipe connecting the hase-plate with a nut at the rearof the eaithenware and the valve operating mechanism passing from Jchefront to the rear through said pipe.

4. The combination of a urinal stall With a flushing valve in the rearof the stall, a flush ing nozzle at the uppei' part of Jshe stell, apipe Connecting the valve and nozzle, a pedal located in front of thestall adjacentthe lower part, a rod passing through the stall Connectingthe pedal with the valve, a base-plate for the pedal, a clamping nut atthe back of the stall, and a pipe Connecting the baseplate and nutthrough which the valve operating mechanism passes;

ABEL HANSEN.

